Navigation Court workgroup explores alternatives to ABA role in Bar admissions
A Supreme Court workgroup is proposing alternatives to Florida’s near-exclusive reliance on the ABA in the Bar admissions process, ones designed to “promote flexibility, innovation, access, and accountability in legal education.”
Established by a March 12 order, the “Workgroup on the Role of the American Bar Association in Bar Admissions Requirements” was directed to review the current regulatory framework that requires most Florida Bar exam candidates — with narrow exceptions — to be graduates of an ABA-accredited law school.
The Supreme Court order notes that the ABA has been the sole accrediting body recognized in the court’s rules since 1992, though the rules have relied on ABA accreditation since 1955.
